This year the lovely and long suffering Mrs G and I celebrated our golden wedding anniversary on May the 5th. Trouble was, that was also the day of our brother-in-law's (Mrs's sister's husband) funeral. So, we did eat out but not quite as we planned! Incidentally our 8th anniversary was spent in maternity and we came back with our third son. A good anniversary present :-)

Anyroads. To make up for it I had booked an evening away at the seaside yesterday. We were going to set off about 11. Have lunch on the way. A romantic meal for two in the evening and stop overnight in a very well rated guest house in Grange over Sands. But it was not to be.

Packed and ready, I started to cough up blood :-( Lots of it too. So, straight to A&E we went. They were very busy but I was seen to quickly and efficiently. In and out, including blood tests and x-rays, even with dozens of people waiting, in 5 hours. While waiting I realised that the blood did seem to be coming from above rather than below. The doctor confirmed it was from behind my nose somewhere and joked that my blood results and x rays were very boring :-)

One of my daughters looked up what it may be and it does look like it may have been a posterior nose bleed. More common in older people and those with high blood pressure, which I am inclined toward. I have also been using a steroid nasal spray to help combat the tree pollen hay-fever and that can cause the blood vessels to thin.

Fine now I'm glad to say and trip to the lakes Coast rebooked for next week. Fingers crossed!